Yoel 1:19

1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help, ¹ 

for fire ²  has burned up ³  the grassy pastures, ⁴ 

flames have razed ⁵  all the trees in the fields.

Yoel 3:16

3:16 The Lord roars from Zion;

from Jerusalem ⁶  his voice bellows out. ⁷ 

The heavens ⁸  and the earth shake.

But the Lord is a refuge for his people;

he is a stronghold for the citizens ⁹  of Israel.

[1:19]  ¹ tn The phrase “for help” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[1:19]  ² sn Fire here and in v. 20 is probably not to be understood in a literal sense. The locust plague, accompanied by conditions of extreme drought, has left the countryside looking as though everything has been burned up (so also in Joel 2:3).

[1:19]  ³ tn Heb “consumed.” This entire line is restated at the end of v. 20.

[1:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “the pastures of the wilderness.”

[1:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “a flame has set ablaze.” This fire was one of the effects of the drought.

[3:16]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “he sounds forth his voice.”

[3:16]  ⁸ tn Or “the sky.” See the note on “sky” in 2:30.

[3:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “sons.”